By Hope NewsroomWednesday 12 Aug 2020NewsReading Time: 2 minutes
A health alert has been issued for Parramatta Public School after a student tested positive to coronavirus.
Dooleys Lidcombe Catholic Club is also being deep-cleaned after a person who tested positive was at the venue on Friday and Saturday.
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New Zealand is going back into lockdown today after four members of an Auckland family tested positive to coronavirus.
They are New Zealand’s first cases in 102 days.
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The Federal Government will extend pandemic workplace conditions for businesses that aren’t eligible for JobKeeper.
The new laws would allow businesses to easily cut worker hours and redeploy staff to other jobs.
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Sydney’s dam levels are up more than 10 per cent after a week of heavy rain.
Warragamba Dam has risen to almost 96 per cent capacity – about double the level it was this time last year.
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A former neighbour has been charged with the murder of teenager Michelle Bright in the state’s Central West, 21 years ago.
His arrest comes one day after police offered a $1 million reward.
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Federal police have arrested two men accused of being part of an international money laundering operation.
Officers have seized two cooler bags in Auburn, containing a total of $1 million.
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The Commonwealth Bank has posted an 11 percent drop in full-year profit.
The bank’s bottom line was hit by charges for bad debts as a result of the coronavirus crisis.
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Taking aspirin – when you don’t really need to – may be doing more harm than good.
A Monash University study shows healthy people who took aspirin in a bid to prevent heart attack put themselves at greater risk of bleeding in the gut.